A TERRIBLE TIME: BASELESS RULES

We all know that A TERRIBLE TIME: The Party Game Where Everyone Loses is the most terrible game ever made. This is a stone-cold fact. And we all know that you can make A TERRIBLE TIME even more terrible with our TERRIBLE TIME EXPANSION DECKS.

But did you know that you can play A TERRIBLE TIME without the base game? It’s true! Read on to find out how.

GATHER THE FOLLOWING

3 or more players.

1 or more TERRIBLE TIME Decks.

A marker.

Something to draw on, like printer paper or The Bible.

A timer.

(Steal one from another game, or use your watch/smartphone/microwave.)

HOW TO SET UP THE GAME

Separate the Humiliation cards from the Challenge cards.

Shuffle the Challenge cards and deal 3 to each player.

AGE BEFORE BEAUTY

The oldest person goes first.

ISSUING CHALLENGES

On your turn, you issue Challenges to other players. Choose a Challenge from your hand and play it against another player (we’ll call them the “target”).

When you play a Facts card against a target, you just ask them the question on it. If the target gets it correct, they pass the Challenge. If they get it wrong, they fail the Challenge.

If the card you play is a Performance or Art card, the target chooses another player to be their partner for the Challenge. The target gets 60 seconds to draw (for Art Challenges) or act out (for Performance Challenges) the Terrible Thing on the Challenge card. If the partner fails to guess the Terrible Thing in 60 seconds, both the target and their partner fail the Challenge.

AWARDING POINTS AND HUMILIATIONS

If the target passes their Challenge, they get 1 point. If the target fails their Challenge, you get 1 point and the target must draw from the Humiliation Deck and perform (with their partner!) the Humiliation written on it.

If the target draws a Maverick!, they simply discard it and are saved from having to perform a Humiliation (for now…)

DRAW A CARD

At the end of your turn, draw another Challenge into your hand to replace the one you issued to your target.

PLAY MOVES TO THE LEFT

The person to your left goes next.

WINNING THE GAME

The first player to get 5 points draws from the Humiliation deck and performs the Humiliation on it to win.